My name is Jennie. I'm a wife and a mother. I have been married to the man of my dreams, Trever, for 9 wonderful years. We have 5 beautiful daughters who fill our lives with joy and excitement. We just had our 6th child. Our son Caleb.

I was diagnosed with a rare condition called Placenta Accreta along with Placenta Previa. Accreta is a condition where the placenta attaches to the scar tissue in the uterus. It will often continue to grow to deeper tissue (increta) and even through the uterus attaching to other organs(percreta). I ended up having an 11 hour surgery, including a hystorectomy, and bladder repair. I received 7 units of blood and blood parts. (This is a lot of blood loss for my surgeons, but minimal blood loss to those who are not as experienced in these deliveries. I spent 36 hours in the ICU after surgery. I have also had many other complications afterwards including another minor surgery 2 weeks later. These complications are somewhat normal for the type of surgery I had.

I had a team of specialists doing my surgery. Obgyns, Gyno-oncologists, trauma surgeons, urologists and anesthesiologists. This team has specialized in techniques helping with minimal blood loss. Those with accreta , loose large amounts of blood because the placenta cannot detach naturally at delivery.

My goal is to help save women's lives by giving this terrible condition a voice. So many are ignorant to its fatal attack. Doctors and women alike, need to be educated about Accreta. Many have never even heard of it. The numbers are on the rise because of so many women choosing to have c-sections when it isn't necessary. Not all women can avoid it, but many can. Please help me give Accreta a voice, by sharing the information in this blog. (There are numerous posts with information on Accreta as well as the Accreta team who took such great care of me.)

Monday, February 11, 2013

Never a Dull Moment!!


We had a bit of a scare today. I was just laying down hanging out like any other day, when all of a sudden blood is coming out all over! I called the nurse in and the next thing I knew I had two IV's, a few blood draws, a catheter, and a steroid shot. 

I am stabilizing now and the bleeding has pretty much stopped. We waited for a few hours to see if I would "commit" either start up again or stop/slow significantly. They have to be pretty convinced that my life is in danger to deliver this early. They gave me my final round of steroids just in case. And have been dripping me with magnesium, to help Caleb's brain. At this gestational stage they can hemorrhage easily outside the womb. So every leg up they could have... They took. I'll be in monitors through the night and hopefully thing will stay stable for a while longer. The Accreta team is going to meet tomorrow to consider moving the date up a few weeks. They would like to take me to 32 weeks. I'll be 29 on Wednesday.

This is the reason why I'm here. Accreta has a mind of its own and will turn fatal really quick and out of the blue. I'm grateful it wasn't as bad as it could have been. But still scary and pretty critical. So far I am stable and well. Just feverish feeling and achy from the magnesium. It kind of makes you feel like you have the flu.

Thanks so much for all of your prayers and sacrifices for our little family. We sure appreciate it so much. We love you all and are so thankful for you


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